Film & TV

In which the Blue team learns how to talk to an alien using Andy the Bomb, while Red team continues their re-org back in Coagulation. Read the full story.

This is not the movie you think it is. If you're on the right, you're probably thinking that this is a gleeful bashing of filmmaker Michael Moore. And if you're on the left, well, you're probably thinking this is a gleeful bashing of filmmaker Michael Moore. It's not a love letter to the controversial director, but it's not nearly the hatchet job folks might be expecting. In fact, while the documentary focuses on Michael Moore, it ends up being more about personal integrity and self-discovery than a quest to hunt down the elusive Moore.

Yep. It's good. Read the full story.

This story has several great quotes from screenwriter Tim Minear, including "The other thing is to make sure the powers that be in Hollywood don't force you to turn it into some Marxist screed on socialism, when Heinlein was a Libertarian and it's about free-market capitalism." Awesome. Read the full story.

How's this for high praise -- Orson Scott Card only wants Ender's Game to be made into a movie if it can be as good as Serenity. Whoa. Read the full story.

Back when I was a freshmen in high school, scrambling to class while clutching my Dungeons & Dragons rule books closely to my chest, one of my favorite movies was Labyrinth. In an era long before Lord of the Rings or the Chronicles of Narnia had been filmed, in which the fantasy also-rans Willow and Legend were darkening theatres, it was the closest thing I'd found to a classic D&D dungeoncrawl. Now Jim Henson Studios has a new fantasy they're unvieling, this one created by the team of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean.

SPOILER WARNING! Reason takes a look at the libertarian themes in Joss Whedon's new film, Serenity. Read the full story.

What the movies Star Wars, War of the Worlds and Batman Begins tell us about America's political mood. Read the full story.

The Red Team continues their efforts to reorganize their command structure, while the Blue Team makes a new alien friend. Read the full story.